TODAYS DEPARTURES
1986 – Dennis Spooner
2024 – David Graham
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5.25pm – Supercar – False Alarm (Anglia)
1961 – 5.25pm – Supercar – Trapped In The Depths (Ulster)
1966 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Jiffy And Polly Moppet Quarrel (Westward)
1968 – 4.55pm – Captain Scarlet – Traitor (Harlech)
1972 – 7.00pm – The Protectors – Brother Hood (Anglia, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire and Southern)
1975 – 5.50pm – Space:1999 – Collision Course (London Weekend and Anglia)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Vacation (Fuji Television, Japan)
1965 – 5.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Immigrants (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)
1965 – 6.00pm – Fireball XL5 – The Granatoid Tanks (AMV 4, Albury, Australia)
1965 – 6.30pm – Stingray – Emergency Marineville (WGN 9, Chicago, USA)
1965 – 7.00pm – Thunderbirds – Trapped In The Sky Part Two (CFTO 9, Toronto, Canada)
1970 – 5.30pm – UFO – Identified (CJOH 13, Ottawa, Canada)
1972 – 6.30pm – UFO – Identified (KGMB 9, Honolulu, USA)
1972 – 7.00pm – The Protectors – A Case For The Right (WTVJ 4, Miami, USA)
1975 – 6.30pm – Space:1999 – War Games (KOVR 13, Stockton-Sacramento, USA)
1975 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Breakaway (Channel Nine, Windsor, Canada)
1975 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Breakaway (CBET 9, Detroit, USA)
1975 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Death’s Other Dominion (Channel 9, KHJ TV, Los Angeles and Channel 4, Kron TV, San Francisco, USA)
1975 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Voyager’s Return (WUHQ 41, Battle Creek, Lancing, USA)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1961 – 10.35pm – Peter Dyneley appears in The Four Just Men on Granada Television in the episode Riot
1964 – 2.35pm – Cyril Shaps appears in The Sentimental Agent on Rediffusion Television in the episode Not Quite Fully Covered
1970 – 3.00pm – Dolores Mantez appears in Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) on Anglia Television in the episode My Late, Lamented Friend And Partner
1972 – 1.00pm – Neil McCallum appears in The Saint on Tyne Tees Television in the episode The Fellow Traveller
1981 – 9.00pm – Michael Billington appears in The Professionals on Westward Television in the episode The Rack
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1962 – Recording sessions take place for the Fireball XL5 episode Planet Of Platonia at IBC Studios
1965 – Fireball XL5 starts on ATN 7 in Sydney, Australia
1967 – The first pictures of Cloudbase and the Spectrum insignia are featured on the cover of this TV Century 21 Comic no.140 with a one page feature inside about Spectrum. The first picture of Captain Scarlet also appears in an advert for the first annual. The Stingray and Fireball XL5 strips appear in colour in the comic for the last time
1967 – The final Marina and The Angels strips appear in Lady Penelope Comic – Issue 88
1970 – The first episode of UFO is broadcast on CJOH 13 in Ottawa, Canada
1972 – UFO starts on KGMB 9 in Honolulu, USA
1975 – Space:1999 begins on Channel Nine in Windsor, Canada
1991 – Adverts appear in trade papers for Yes, M’Lady the forthcoming book by Sylvia Anderson which will be published on November 4th. The advert also mentions Sylvia’s nationwide tour with Lady Penelope and the two part documentary which will be broadcast by the BBC in January
1991 – Thunderbirds receives it’s first UK network broadcast on BBC 2 at 6.00pm with the episode Trapped In The Sky
2007 – Sylvia Anderson appears on This Morning on ITV 1
2019 – Fanderson’s Supercelebration Convention takes place this weekend at The Holiday Inn in Maidenhead
